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to establish the charge. The freedmen testify that he spoke of shooting, but did not say who he would shoot. Mr. G's statement if that he said if any men attempted to compel his hands to attend political meetings he would take down his rifle & shoot the last man.
There are other cases in which Mr. H. appears to have acted in a similar manner, & this probably accounts for his unpopularity even among Union men and some of the negroes.
In reference to his action in suspending the proceeding of the Civil authorities in the case of White versus Morgan, he does not pretend to offer any justification beyond saying he